Julian Assange turned himself into British authorities yesterday. Lets explore all the pathetic claims against Mr. Assange in detail. He has not committed treason, he’s not even a US citizen so that claim is preposterous and can be dismissed immediately. Despite Mitch McConnell, Palin and other right wingers claims, Assange is neither a "terrorist" nor should be "hunted down". What intrepidity the illogical right have to label anyone who doesn’t adhere to their beliefs as a terrorist? A perpetrator of violent crimes? Mierda.
The truth is that Assange has exposed the true terrorists: the US military and government. The sexual assault and rape charges we can see with the evidence put forth are probably false. Just follow the path of charge: an arrest warrant is out for Assange, then it is dropped, then it is un-dropped. What can we make of this inconsistent game of let’s get Assange? It turns out that initially the two women didn’t want to come forward with the charges. Were they pressured to talk? Probably. These charges are simply a distraction from the content of the leaks and a smear campaign against Assange.
So why is the world after Assange? Why have drastic political maneuvers like PayPal’s freezing of Wikileaks account and recently the Swedish bank that was collecting funds from WikiLeaks occurred? Why was he arrested? Why is the US media failing to report this very important and pertinent story? There are two simple answers to these questions: Julian Assange has exposed many truths these truths threaten the central powers that be. I find it astonishing that more journalists and writers (mainly progressive truth reporters) are not in outrage over the demonizing of Assange, the reaction (or lack of in a sense) of the Obama administration and the important information WikiLeaks has provided for us.
What information do we gain from WikiLeaks? Does it just as Arianna Huffington notes, “confirm what we already know.” Yes, it does confirm what we already know, but there’s is more to it than that. New information has been exposed and I would bet that much more is out there. More importantly, this has shed light on the reality that freedom of the press has been undermined in the Age of Information. Where is the outrage? Where is the support of WikiLeaks and Assange? I call to all global citizens to write, blog and talk about this issue. If the mainstream media won’t, then online movers, shakers and troublemakers will.
Speaking truth to power is always dangerous for those who are in power. I think you are right Cristina we the civil society need to speak out on our own behaves, because if they can censer Wikileaks/Assange what will keeping them from doing it to anyone else in the future.
ReplyDeleteYesterday Cornel West tweeded his thoughts, and i could't agree more. @Cornelwest: Transparency, info, clarity & interpretation, are required for a deep democracy. That's why Wikileaks is a challenge to the powers that be.
Thanks for commenting! Indeed that is correct. Cornel West is right on and I hope more people on the left speak out. Obama said numerous times that his would be a "government of transparency," but it looks like he doesn't enjoy this whole transparency thing.
ReplyDeleteI cannot think of an action that is more important than holding our government accountable for its actions. Like Assange said himself "A transparent government is a just government" and right now we have a very secretive one.